Persons Killed In Total And Alcohol-Impaired Crashes By Person Type, 2014

Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities (1)

Person type

Total killed

Number

Percent of total killed

Vehicle occupants

Driver

16,454

5,792

35%

Passenger

5,751

1,769

31

Unknown occupant

71

5

6

Total

22,276

7,565

34%

Motorcyclists

4,586

1,577

34%

Nonoccupants

Pedestrian

4,884

696

14

Pedalcyclist

726

98

13

Other/unknown

203

30

15

Total

5,813

824

14%

Total

32,675

9,967

31%

(1) Alcohol-impaired driving crashes are crashes that involve at least one driver or a motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or above, the legal definition of drunk driving.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.